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ARCHDIOCESE n.
The diocese of an archbishop.
ARCHDUCAL a.
Of or pertaining to an archduke or archduchy.
ARCHDUCHESS n.
The consort of an archduke; also, a princess of the imperial family of Austria. See Archduke.
ARCHDUCHY n.
The territory of an archduke or archduchess. Ash.
ARCHDUKE n.
A prince of the imperial family of Austria.
ARCHDUKEDOM n.
An archduchy.
ARCHEBIOSIS n.
To origination of living matter from non-living. See Abiogenesis. Bastian.
ARCHED a.
Made with an arch or curve; covered with an arch; as, an arched door.
ARCHEGONIAL a.
Relating to the archegonium.
ARCHEGONIUM n.
The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.
ARCHEGONY n.
Spontaneous generation; abiogenesis.
ARCHELOGY n.
The science of, or a treatise on, first principles. Fleming.
ARCHENCEPHALA n.
The division that includes man alone. R. Owen.
ARCHENEMY n.
A principal enemy. Specifically, Satan, the grand adversary of mankind. Milton.
ARCHENTERIC a.
Relating to the archenteron; as, archenteric invagination.
ARCHENTERON n.
The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under Invagination.
ARCHEOLOGY; ARCHEOLOGICAL n.
Same as Archæology, etc.
ARCHER n.
A bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.
ARCHER FISH n.
A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; -- so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Chætodon rostratus.
ARCHERESS n.
A female archer. Markham.
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